"We're trying to be as truthful as we can," says episode writer Ira Steven. As an illustration of my point, I can only say that I have watched Season 1 and 2 hundreds of times and ep. When something otherworldly is happening on Outlander, its almost always accompanied by the Stones theme. [7] He also worked as writer and consulting producer on the series Dr. Vegas (2004). Behr felt there were too many rules and regulations and felt creatively trapped, so he left The Next Generation after a year. 2023 Outlander Cast | Site design by Blueflash, Outlandish Locations: Time Travel back to Culross and Explore its History, A Scotsmans Take on the Impact of Outlander, Outlander Cast: An In Depth Study Of The Battle Joined, How They Made It: A Chat with Diana Gabaldon, Outlander Cast: 6.08 I Am Not Alone | SEASON 6 FINALE | Listener Feedback Part 2, Outlander Cast: 6.08 I Am Not Alone | SEASON 6 FINALE | Listener Feedback Part 1, Outlander Cast: 6.08 I Am Not Alone | SEASON 6 FINALE. He returned to Paramount for the revival of The Twilight Zone (2002) as writer and executive producer. Theyre all the same. And this is truth, as always with Avery. And you can tell. And if its the anti-Outlander, wouldnt that make Geillis the anti-Claire? I cannot make an excuse for the dildo scene in Not In Scotland Anymore. That episode was garbage. Claire: The fact you care what I think gives me some hope yet for your soul. Everyone looked at me and said, Well, okay, but were not doing that. II could see the beauty. I think both those things are probably going to happen and hopefully well be able to say something about it before too long. He has been covering entertainment news out of Los Angeles for more than a decade. To Ransom A Mans Soul do I even have to say the words on this one? I thought Mother Hildegard, Master Raymond, the Comte St Germaine, King Louis and Louise were perfectly cast. But the show's canon said that baseball died out in 2042, as society simply moved too fast for the bucolic sport. [15] Lead actor Dennis Hopper died in May 2010 and the series was not renewed for a third season. Now its about the Klingons and not the Dominion. Long time Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writer-producer Ira Steven Behr teamed with veteran Trek . Outlander Cast: Joining us today is Ira Steven Behr, a television producer and screenwriter most known for his work on Star Trek:The Next Generation but especially on Deep Space Nine, on which he served as showrunner and executive producer. Over the course of seven years, the evolution of the characters is virtually unparalleled anywhere else in television. Wait, I cant use that because thats what she looks like. The previous seasons were rich in wonderful muti-layered characters: Black Jack, Dougal, at that time Galis. His exit, as well as that of Anne Kenney, have left us with a much more lightweight Outlander. And Anne, well, she has been very mum about the situation. I know youll do it, and well have a great script out of it.. Hmmshe likes virgins? One of my goals was to remove as much of it from Deep Space Nine as I could. I need no sympathy from you and you will get none from me. As if he were Rons consigliere, Ira said that he and Ron had an amazing short hand and that at times, it may have been too much so for some of the other writers because there were times when [he] had to veer in a way that the others [felt] like they did not. The other writers were comprised of people who were huge fans of the book series, which Ira was not. Special thanks to Lisa Gullickson and the other Dorks at In The Mouth of Dorkness. Hi Diane! Most seemed to be either filler, or one note, with one boring objective. Outlander was a FANTASTIC experience, but, yes, it was time for me to move on. Behr also had a significant role in the development of the Ferengi alien race during his work on Deep Space Nine. Ships from and sold by turntostart (seller since 2005). Not Ira. The prime example is the greed-driven Ferengi who, with Armin Shimermans Quark, Max Grodenchiks Rom and Aaron Eisenbergs Nog were offered their place in the spotlight. "Part of the subtext of why I did this doc, and why the film is as long as it is, is that it was repairing my relationship and feelings towards the fans," he says. I admit that its a little disheartening. Silas Lesnick is the Senior Editor of Moviebill. A year ago, in fairly early 2018, Behr recalls, I woke up one day and I raced to Paramount and said, Okay guys, heres how we should have ended episode one! Ira continued: And thats when I really got into the character and started to come up with all of these little pieces that interested me It was the small details: the pouring of the wine out the window, the line the truth bears the weight that no lie can counterfeit. I mean there were things that I just discovered along the way that made it these little things that started to fascinate me and I realized just what a complicatedI never really thought about Black Jack much or that he was a complicated character, except for that he had a wicked dark side to him. Then [Rick Berman] said Voyager was doing one and it was like, Screw that. Yes, it expertly unfolded BJR as a sadist. Perhaps hes slightly artistic because he draws her, and theres a major disregard for the clean authority to which he must abide as he pours out the ever important Claret. Claire and Jamie set about . 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I used to say the difference between Outlander fans and Deep Space Nine fans is that Outlander fans want to bake you cookies and Deep Space Nine fans want to tell you how much they liked the show but what you did wrong and what you should have done.. For Behr, serialization didnt mean mapping out a seven year story. For those lucky enough to carve a point of view into a landscape beloved by generations, there is the threat that their obsessive love will draw you back into the muck. Thats when I started to realize, Gee, you got to get serious about this thing. Black jack has made her happy, and its an odd sensation. Diana created Dougals menace. While it . He also was so pleased with the dildo scene in season 2. Her work on the show is good (youre right about the amount of days between christmas and christmas eve but thats more of a technical error that I can overlook). [13][14] After his disappointment at the cancellation of "The 4400" people were surprised that Behr chose to join the struggling show. Claire: You cannot undo the things you have done, but it is not too late to bring back your humanity. Piller persuaded him to join the new series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a supervising producer. Life in Paris is not without its trials as Jamie struggles to triumph over the traumas of his past. Put either Black Jack Randall in The Garrison Commander,or even Dougal in Prestonpansin your minds eye. BJR: I dwell in darkness, madame, and darkness is where I belong. My gut rings with a resounding, no. I dont know, maybe its just me but her characterization just feels thin. As a result, we see the special relationship between BJR and Jamie, BJRs depravity, Claires fragility, and undeserved confidence in her ability to navigate the 18th century. While What We Left Behind is filled with new interviews with cast and crew (Brooks included), the doc offers an approach that Star Trek fans will find fascinating. Deep Space 9 was the most character driven Star Trek series, and I have no doubt Ira was instrumental in that. In a recent podcast interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ronald D. Moore was asked about Outlander, specifically why there weren't numerous spinoffs already because of its success. Gone. Then I mentioned that the only one whos alive was Charlie Brill, who played the Klingon in disguise. Claire and Jamies world became fuller and richer. That is, not exactly in the form you might expect, but in a manner that Star Trek fans are all the better for having the chance to experience. To me, it seemed like a golden opportunity wasted: They could have shown so much in that scene. I would love to see Tobias come back for flashbacksPerhaps as Frank for Bree, or even as BJR. I LOVE that descriptor. Good article. Tragically, DS9 is not available in HD and, despite an impressive restoration of Star Trek: The Next Generation some years ago, Behr is not optimistic that DS9 will ever receive the same treatment. You know, that tech talk in order to justify the time traveling? Along with fellow Deep Space Nine producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Behr also co-wrote Legends of the Ferengi, a collection of short stories involving the Rules of Acquisition. We had them keep looking and pulling boxes with reels of film and send them to us, but every box is like ten reels. It drove me crazy. The artist must make their peace with the final product as rarely anything is perfectly translated from the imagination to the page to the screen. He is telling her right from the beginning. We talked about starting an Indiegogo campaign to kind of force the network to say, Hey, look at all the money theyre raising But its just not going to happen. We had Voyager, which was doing plenty of tech. I felt the last scene of Season 3 was particularly weak. ( Which I did!) How do we get back to that? Blake, Just a quick question, remember in Dragonfly in Amber when Bree was telling Roger how she got into Franks lockbox where his letters to the Rev were? That was my first thought. And everything in that scene, except the punch, came directly from Ira Behr. I quickly glomed on onto the fact, thanks to Armin [Shimmerman] and the way he played Quark, that they were 20th century human beings. He gave off a lethal combination of clinical sadism and artistry. Its the Black Jack we know and love and love to hate., The opener, The Battle Joined, would be the last episode for rascally Rupert (Grant ORourke, above, with Duncan Lacroix as Murtaugh), executed by the redcoats after Culloden. While you come up with your own answers, I immediately think of BJR being cold and calculating by tricking Claire during their conversation. Historical drama! I was just thinking about how could I shake it up, he says. And I could tell and Ron could tell that there were some issues about the confidence in that script. Theres already heat between new arrival Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) when she tends to him in Episode 2, Castle Leoch. During casting, with Heughan locked in, an intimate screen test sealed the deal for Balfe: There [was] definitely on-camera chemistry, exec producer Ronald D. Moore says. Lottie Vanderbeek played her as high camp, Mommy Dearest like. What conversations have you had about expanding the show beyond that, whether it's a season seven or spinoffs? The most obvious answer is Lord John Grey considering Diana Gabaldons separate novels about that character. Diana may have created BJR and Dougal. Who are they really? Im pretty sure he was the one responsible for the end prison scene in To Ransom which made it look like Jamie was enjoying being raped again. Maybe its his purple goatee that makes my stomach churn I enjoyed S3, but I thought a couple episodes to be slow and lacking the style that made the episodes of S1 and S2 exceptional. I actually appreciate that you disagree with me. It could be so. I enjoy the writers interpretations and it is giving many the opportunities of writing for a Great Show. Get it Dec 8 - 13. Another thing that really puzzles me: the almost universal dislike of episode 202 Not in Scotland Anymore. That being said, I love the Outlander series and am more pleased than disappointed with it and would like to see all the books come to life on television. But what does that even mean? He mimics emotions, he can fit in anywhere, and thats not Black Jack, says executive producer Matthew B. Roberts. Star Trek remains due to the voracious appetite of its enthusiastic fanbase and the franchises ability to morph its core concept without betraying its original ideology. Its not Sisko who comes back onto the station. Do you agree that the show is missing something with the departure of Ira Steven Behr? Writers can make or break a TV show, and change up the vibe of a show from season to season. We look at the impact of losing Ira Steven Behr after Season 2. Obviously, its about the 20th or 21st century. The series ran for four seasons, and Behr enjoyed the experience and thought "we did some really good episodes. Consequently, Trek fans were hesitant to accept the kinds of conflict, humor, drama and all-out war Ira and his writing staff (which included Ron Moore) wanted to explore. It aired on UPN directly after Star Trek: Enterprise,[11] and ran for a single season of 42 episodes. Now, considering BRJs erotic delight with Jamie, Id consider Claire threw poor Jamie (a wanted man) under the bus. In terms of some of the things you said, I think you are completely entitled to your opinion but I would be remiss if I didnt mention a couple of things . Behr's first writing job was on the dramatic series Bret Maverick. On Monday, May 13, Shout! No, no, no, no, no way. The show hasn't been renewed beyond season six yet. This fact is sneakily important. Okay. 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